NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Chaetonotidae
  Order - Chaetonotida
  Phylum - Gastrotricha
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Halichaetonotus aculifer
      Species - Halichaetonotus arenarius
      Species - Halichaetonotus balticus
      Species - Halichaetonotus batillifer
      Species - Halichaetonotus lamellatus
      Species - Halichaetonotus littoralis
      Species - Halichaetonotus paradoxus
      Species - Halichaetonotus parvus
      Species - Halichaetonotus pleuracanthus
      Species - Halichaetonotus riedli
      Species - Halichaetonotus schromi
      Species - Halichaetonotus spinosus
      Species - Halichaetonotus swedmarki
      Species - Halichaetonotus atlanticus
      Species - Halichaetonotus jucundus
      Species - Halichaetonotus bataceus
      Species - Halichaetonotus decipiens
      Species - Halichaetonotus marivagus
      Species - Halichaetonotus thalassopais
      Species - Halichaetonotus etrolomus
      Species - Halichaetonotus margaretae
      Species - Halichaetonotus italicus
      Species - Halichaetonotus clavicornis
      Species - Halichaetonotus genatus
      Species - Halichaetonotus australis